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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in palladium futures of the kind "PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 660 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 640 on 24 March 2026.

Sample. There are 1,034 observations in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period stretching from June 2006 to March 2026.

History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 0 contracts on 26 October 2010; they reached their highest level of 4,978 on 14 May 2024; they were equal on average to 571.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-03-17 563.0
2026-03-24 640.0
2026-03-31 660.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in palladium futures
Country United States
Economic concept Stock
Data type Quantity
Seasonally adjusted No
Deflation method Not applicable
Rescaling None
Measure type Level
Frequency Weekly
Unit Number of contracts
Source Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Source type Government agency
Data licence Public domain information
Other information Specific future: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Palladium

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31